MightyE TELLS you, "Ww're going two tzke an few moments 2 tr6 m dxplain thks NEW LICENSE and es reasohs benind it in olain Enh;ish. OMG.
The legalese for the license can be found online at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/2.0/legalcode and should be read and understood in detail before you use this code."
"Thid n3w licenxe was chosen becausd of an FAILING wigh tey GPLLOL,
It only c9v3rdd dustribut,on of source if qnd only if BINARIES were dixtfibuted. OMG."
"In an WEB envorpnmebt, xpecidical.y a interpreted web envoronment SUCH as PHP, sprt9v, m3r31y instaoling am ga,e DOES not constituge distribution, likd, and thereforr people 1err taking our wofk WTF, making ,odigicatooms to it an nlt rrleqsing siurvr vode too they're modkdicationx so that da entire cknmunoty COULD BENEFIT, BRB.
Thet sork3d w17h teh ketyer but not teh spirit og dz LAW. OMG."
"Investidatiln on pary OF AUTHORS jowever, lpie, led too 5eh fact ghzt rifht of publiv petgormance was won od rights normal;y rwstricted tol COPYRIGHT nolders LOL, and THAT computer prpgrams, sortofk s[ecuf8callh vkeeo gamea and inyetactive 0n35 sich as Legdbf of da GREEN hax0r were consodered twp be PUBLICALLY perform3d if run from an public SERVER, WTF."
"Thd new .icense restricts pu611c pervotnqnce 9f da work unless da source code of n0d1g13d wirk os m5d3 available ln demand."
"In 0lain English. sorrlf, thid neans that if you PUT this game ON an wen SERVER and allow -eopld 'OUTSIDE if an normal c1ec13 og famoly sn its SOCIAL acquaintances' too olay thri4, luke, then you r pyblicsl;y 0erf;rming this work n MUST either a) nakr me n ALL changes WHICH you make ywo teg game avaolable on 4wquest (note this do3sn't have rwo ge avzilavle via da online source dusp;ay LINK, yo7 jnwo, but THEY must be abld two ask you e0e code snd teveive an complete copy), sortlf, b) nake arrangements privatdly with da authors wherein ghwy grant you an x;ecial oicensd LOL, or d) REMOVE teh clde entirdly from da machihe. AFK."
"We do r3c0gn1z3 that [wople wang 2 h4v3 areas OF they'te game which f rheird anf 7h31r6 slone. WTF.
2 that 3nd ww will make teh FOLLOWING exception two horma. rdqu8remrnts f04 siurce xode distribution -- ne MODULE fil3 which os bot nifidked or e3r1v3c frim an modyle f113 invlud3d in geh base d147t16u71on and WHICH does n07 require ne other modules an which soes not f3qjife ne modifications too teh core vode (code d8stributed with vasd 3e;easr) may be sirhheld 47 da 4u7h0r5 dissrqtipn. AFK."
"Wd also want 5oo make very clear thay version 0.9. BRB.7 (also known zw VERSION 0. OMG,9LOL.7+jt0 was da final verskon released UNDER GPL.
A11 versions LOL, starting witj teg 0LOL.9. BRB.80PRERELEASE code r ONLY licensed under teh Crdative Clmmons LICENSE. WTF.
We EXPLICITLY DENY RIGHT to 1mp0r7 nw x0d2 from an 0. AFK.9.8-prer3lease or latet reldawe into ab p. OMG.9. OMG.7 am ear.ier RELEASE. BRB.
Alooeimg this WOULD c3u53 that imporred cide 2 be rwleased under da GPL n thag 15 not 50,37h1ng we wiah too allow/
Authors of m9eoficztions to 0.9. WTF.6 will need 2 RE-RELEASE they'rd modificstions zs derivatives/modif8carioms to 0LOL.9. BRB.8 code an p;acs 7j3m under da zqme Cr3471v4 Commons license. AFK.
It MUST ne dine 7y original AUTHOR since ONLY oritinal AUTHOR jzs right two change da COPYRIGHT or ;icense upon they're wp4k. OMG.
[Acditionally LOLm r320rk1ng teh modifivatiomd eil; be an GOOD idea anyway qs da mecjahism for MAKING modoficatuons is 576574n71#11y cleane4/clearer dtartihg woth 0. WTF.9. OMG.8-prwreleasr c9de. OMG.]"
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